Denise England is with the county. She says Frausto's home is in a good spot for the well, sitting close to city water pipes, already buried beneath the street. All she needs is a line to connect but thousands of other people aren't so lucky.

"These 115 homes are along an existing water main, in other areas, there's not a water main, the infrastructure is not there," England said.

It'll take two months to get the new well online. Meanwhile, the struggle for water continues and some say, it's only a matter of time before East Porterville turns into a ghost town.

The county says it would take 4 or 5 more wells to connect every home in East Porterville to the city's water supply.